Connect Communicate Collaborate Eastern GANT 2 Extension Porta

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate Eastern GÉANT 2 Extension Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop 11. 10. 2006 Kiev H. Döbbeling DANTE

The European dimension (1) 22 Po. Ps, ca 200 in-line sites 38, 000 km leased services – 15 different connectivity providers – Juniper routers – Alcatel 1678 MCC switch, 640 Gb/s, VCAT, LCAS, GFP 12, 000 km dark fibre with – 6 different fibre providers – GÉANT 2 DWDM, – Alcatel optical platform 1626 LM, 10 Gb/s, engineered for 40 WL Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

The European dimension (2) GÉANT 2 EC DG-INFSOM project Consortium of 30 (29+5) Nat’l R&E Networks Policy Committee, Executive Committee DANTE Ltd Project co-ordinator GÉANT 2 customers are the NRENs Budget ca. 45 M€ per year ca 50% EC funding, 50% by NREN subscriptions Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

GEANT 2 Consortium NREN Policy Committee 30+2 GN 2 Executive Committee 5+6 European Commission GN 2 Contract DANTE NREN 1 NREN 2 NREN 3 NREN … NREN 28 NREN 29 TERENA NREN 30 DG INFSO(M) Communication Framework Programme 6 Directorate F 3 Research Infrastructure Procurement European Tender Provider Contracts GN 2 Technical Committee Leaders of JRAs The Market telecom companies and equipment manufacturers Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

Organisational Challenges DANTE shareholders (15) are a subset of GN 2 consortium Partners (30) Different national funding situations Justification for public funding Acceptable Use Policies and Commodity IP Cost sharing and Digital Inclusion Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

GÉANT 2 Project Timeline 4 years, September 2004 – August 2008 Initial Tender 2004 Retender 2005 – transatlantic, Cyprus, Malta, PL, ES, EI CBF 2006 Planned Retender end 2006 – Routers, NOC, additional areas Foresight Study 2006 -2007 JRAs Transition to Service in 2007 Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

Global connectivity • Services within GÉANT 2 • plus – ALICE – EUMEDCONNECT – TEIN 2 – ORIENT • Two paradigms for e 2 e circuits – Open Exchanges (GLIF GOLE) – GÉANT 2 cooperation between networks (reciprocity) Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

Services based on Cross Border Fibre • Drivers – Linking existing national infrastructure – Economy to the Project – Refinement of mesh – Dedicated project OPNs • Mo. U between NRENs and DANTE Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

Services Offered • Classical IP service – GÉANT 2 IP transit and global uplinks – Access capacity 10 s of Mb/s to 10 Gb/s • The building blocks for overlay networks – Optical private networks based on transmission wavelength (10 Gb/s) • Distance independent e 2 e wavelength pricing – VPNs based on GE or other capacity links • GÉANT+ service • 10 Gb/s aggregate e 2 e capacity Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

LHC experiments e. VLBI Optical Private Networks for Scientific Disciplines European Projects Grid Initiatives Distributed Organisations High Performance Computing HEP, Life Sciences, Astronomy MUPBED, … EGEE, … ESA, …. DEISA, … Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

Joint Research Activities / Services • Performance enhancement PERT • Multi-domain Monitoring perf. SONAR • Roaming and AAI • Dynamic Multi-Domain Provisioning • Security • Test-bed, technology testing Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop

Enlargement of a future GN 3 Consortium ? • GÉANT 2 included Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia • SEE* projects • Traditional relation between ACOnet and Ukraine • A single NREN entity • Digital Divide - Digital Inclusion is policy • Decisions in NREN Policy Committee • European Commission Hans Döbbeling, DANTE, 11. 10. 2006, Kiev, Porta Optica Study Regional Workshop